Information between 30th June 2025 - 10th July 2025
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30 Jun 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 4 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 49 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 325 Labour No votes vs 42 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 276 Labour Aye votes vs 9 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 385 Noes - 26 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
2 Jul 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 158 |
2 Jul 2025 - Prisons - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour No votes vs 47 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 35 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 47 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 356 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 330 Labour Aye votes vs 37 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Amanda Martin voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 364 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370 |
Written Answers |
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Armed Forces: Children
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for support for education professionals working with armed forces children; and what steps he is taking to ensure that funding in this area is (a) informed by research, (b) supported by evaluation and (c) aligned with improving outcomes for armed forces families. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) Understanding that education is a devolved matter, the Secretary of State for Defence does not issue core funding to educational settings for Service children. However, the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Armed Forces Families Fund provides additional funding opportunities for schools and local authorities across the UK. Since 2023, £4.5 million has supported the Service Pupil Support Programme (SPSP) in schools and local authorities across the UK. The sub themes of the SPSP align with the aims of the Armed Forces Families Strategy and include elements focusing upon the educational outcomes of Service children and supporting Service children with additional learning needs. The SPSP is evaluated externally and is also presently funding three university research projects in areas of specific interest.
In England the Department for Education continues to allocate additional funding in the form of the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) to state funded schools with Service children among their pupils. Service Pupil Premium funding helps schools to provide pastoral and academic support to current and former Service children. Schools are allocated SPP funding for each pupil aged 5 to 16 who is currently recorded as a Service child in the autumn school census or who has held this status in the last six years via ‘Ever 6’, or who receives a child pension from the MOD. The SPP is now worth £350 per eligible pupil annually. For example, more than £26 million has been paid to schools in the financial year 2023 to 2024, benefiting more than 78,000 pupils.
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Armed Forces: Children
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is planning to take to improve the (a) quality and (b) availability of data on the educational (i) outcomes and (ii) experiences of armed forces children; and if he will make it his policy to develop a national dataset to help inform evidence-based (A) policy and (B) practice in this area. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) We are committed with counterparts in Government to maintaining robust data around the educational outcomes of all children to inform future strategic and policy development. It is important to remember that education is a devolved matter, and caution should be applied in considering the feasibility of a UK-wide dataset, where very different education systems would be compared. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of the devolved administrations maintaining their own datasets to inform where their resources should be targeted.
The Department for Education (DfE) continues to provide the MOD updated datasets on how Service children perform in state schools in England across key measures of academic attainment; this information is published in the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report. The DfE and the MOD have also recently published joint guidance to schools and local authorities on how best to support Service children in education.
In Scotland, the Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Act places duties on education authorities, who retain the statutory responsibility for the delivery of education in Scotland. These duties require Scottish authorities to identify, provide for and review the additional support needs of pupils. This includes Service children and young people, who may require extra support, short or long term and for whatever the reason. Delivery of ASL is a joint endeavour between the Scottish Government and Scottish Local Authorities.
The Welsh Government are currently exploring the potential to broaden the definition of Service children in Wales to ensure the maximum number of children can benefit from the support available. Linked to this they are considering how they collect data on Service children in Welsh schools to ensure that policy and support is based on robust evidence. |
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that projects supported by the Zero Emission Vessel Infrastructure fund in (a) Aberdeen (b) Portsmouth and (c) the UK are able to proceed with vessel plug-in demonstrations; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (i) uncertainty on the UK Emission Trading Scheme's applicability to domestic maritime, (ii) the VAT rating of shore power and (iii) the level of ports' (A) transmission and (B) standing charges on the viability of such projects. Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Zero Emission Vessel Infrastructure (ZEVI) fund provided £80 million of funding to ten projects, including over £25 million for cold ironing projects in Portsmouth, Aberdeen and Falmouth. Our UK SHORE programme delivery partner Innovate UK, monitors, scrutinises and works with projects to ensure they are on track for delivery and to assist with overcoming barriers which may impact upon delivery.
While we have not specifically assessed the impact of the points raised on the viability of ZEVI projects, the wider policy environment will of course enable the long-term viability of these projects.
The recently published Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy sets out our intended policy package for the UK domestic maritime sector, including expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to domestic maritime from 2026. This will be a key policy in enabling the conditions for zero and near-zero emission vessels to be commercially viable, by applying a price to emissions, and incentivising the uptake of emissions reduction technologies. In the coming months we will publish our response to the consultation on the technical details of including domestic maritime in the ETS, which will provide more certainty on the applicability of the scheme.
Further to this, we recently concluded a call for evidence on Net Zero Ports. It focused on port decarbonisation and zero emissions at berth, including questions on the barriers and opportunities of reducing emissions at berth and standing and transmission charges at ports. Our response to this call for evidence will follow in due course. We will continue to engage with Ofgem and other departments regarding the provision and use of electricity by ports and their users. |
EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's document entitled Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 25 March 2025, when he will announce the outcome of the consultation on the application of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to shipping operating in UK waters. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) A second, technical consultation on the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to include the maritime sector closed in January 2025. The UK ETS Authority is currently analysing responses and finalising policy design for implementation. The consultation outlined that the scheme would apply to domestic voyages between UK ports, including voyages that begin and end in the same UK port. The Authority also proposed to include emissions at berth in UK ports (irrespective of whether a ship is undertaking a domestic or international voyage). We will publish the Authority Response to this consultation in due course. |
Armed Forces: Education
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure distinct recognition for children from service families in education policy; and whether she will adopt a whole person, whole journey approach for such children. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The Armed Forces Covenant aims to ensure that service people and their families are not disadvantaged by their service to our country. The government is dedicated to recognising and supporting the education of children and young people from military families within the state-funded education system, ensuring they have the opportunity to achieve and thrive. Schools are allocated additional funding through the Service Pupil Premium to help them better support the specific needs of children from service families. For the 2025/26 financial year, over £26 million has been allocated to state-funded schools in England through the Service Pupil Premium, at a rate of £350 per pupil. The government remains open to new evidence regarding the specific needs of service children and is committed to finding the best ways to support them throughout all educational phases. |
Shipping: Energy Supply
Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the VAT treatment of (a) shore power supplied to ships and (b) the services provided by contractors who connect or disconnect that supply; and if she will make it her policy to amend the Extra-Statutory Concessions for electricity to be a zero-rated marine fuel for VAT purposes. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) VAT charged on electricity generated through shore power and supplied to ships can be recovered by businesses operating these ships subject to the normal rules of the tax.
Extra-Statutory Concessions (ESCs) are remissions of revenue that allow relief in specific sets of circumstances and are authorised when strict application of the law would create a disadvantage or the effect would not be the one intended. This does not apply to the rules that relate to the supply of electricity.
ESC 9.2 allows zero-rating of marine fuel as ships stores. It is limited to a specific set of rebated duty fuels (fuel oil, gas oil and kerosene) that qualified for zero-rating before July 1990. The Government has no plans to review or amend the scope of ESC 9.2.
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Down’s Syndrome Regression Disorder
30 speeches (9,110 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) shared the story of Ewan, and my hon. - Link to Speech |
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
56 speeches (12,635 words) 3rd reading Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) paid tribute to those many charities in her constituency - Link to Speech 2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) in thanking—I hope I get all of them—Cats Protection - Link to Speech |
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill
50 speeches (8,778 words) Report stage Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) is from a rival city down the Solent from me, I thought she - Link to Speech 2: Rushanara Ali (Lab - Bethnal Green and Stepney) for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee), for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith), for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin - Link to Speech |
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
30 speeches (6,146 words) 3rd reading Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Mike Reader (Lab - Northampton South) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) said in relation to her constituency, there is - Link to Speech 2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) highlighted the role of Portsmouth and the wider Hampshire - Link to Speech 3: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) Friends the Members for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin), for Northampton South (Mike Reader) and for - Link to Speech |
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
23 speeches (3,511 words) 3rd reading Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin), for their contributions. I thank my hon. - Link to Speech |
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
23 speeches (5,585 words) Consideration of Lords message Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) about the need to give our armed forces the reassurance - Link to Speech 2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin). - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Thursday 10th July 2025
Report - 4th Report - Children’s social care Education Committee Found: Cleverly (Conservative; Braintree) Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative; Sleaford and North Hykeham) Amanda Martin |
Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, and Department for Education Solving the SEND Crisis - Education Committee Found: Hayes (Chair); Jess Asato; Mrs Sureena Brackenridge; Sir James Cleverly; Dr Caroline Johnson; Amanda Martin |
Tuesday 24th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, and Department for Education Further Education and Skills - Education Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Mrs Sureena Brackenridge; Amanda Martin; Darren |
Bill Documents |
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Jul. 03 2025
Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL]: Transcript Norwich Livestock Market Act 2024-26 Transcript of evidence Found: Wednesday 2 July 2025 Before: The Chairman of Ways and Means (Ms Nusrat Ghani) (Chair) Amanda Martin |
Jun. 18 2025
All proceedings up to 18 June 2025 at Report Stage Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Dr Marie Tidball Natalie Fleet Calum Miller Luke Murphy Dr Jeevun Sandher Shaun Davies Amanda Martin |
APPG Publications |
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Maternity APPG Document: Minutes Maternity APPG Inaugural Meeting 10 March 2025.docx Found: Doncaster Central), Louise Jones MP (North East Derbyshire), Laura Kyrke-Smith MP (Aylesbury), Amanda Martin |
Central South APPG Document: 171024 APPG for the Central South EGM and meeting notes.docx Found: Apologies: Amanda Martin, MP; Paul Holmes, MP. |
Central South APPG Document: 260225 APPG for the Central South meeting notes Final.docx Found: In attendance: Amanda Martin MP (Chair); Darren Paffey MP; Caroline Dinenage MP; Leigh-Sara Timberlake |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 8th July 2025 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Curriculum and Assessment Review At 10:15am: Oral evidence Professor Becky Francis CBE - Chair at The Curriculum and Assessment Review View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 15th July 2025 9:15 a.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 2nd September 2025 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 9:15 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: School Attendance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Julie McCulloch - Senior Director of Strategy, Policy & Professional Development at Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Dr Susan Morris-King - Deputy Director for Schools and Early Education at Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) Heather Sandy - Chair of Association of Directors of Children’s Services Education Policy Committee and Executive Director of Children’s Services at Lincolnshire County Council Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE - Deputy Chair of the LGA’s Children & Young People Board at Local Government Association (LGA) At 11:00am: Oral evidence Dan Lilley - Senior Researcher at Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Ellie Costello - Executive Director at Square Peg Rachael Kenningham - Head of Policy and Engagement at School-Home Support View calendar - Add to calendar |